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EASTABOGA, Ala. — The Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series will enter its 20th anniversary season in 2024 with a new title sponsor and a significantly-increased points fund as Brandon, Miss-based Rogers Dabbs Chevrolet will assume their new role effective with the first day of the new year, becoming the official parts and engine supplier of the organization. Starting Jan. 1, 2024, the popular touring circuit for Chevrolet Performance 604 Circle Track Engine-powered Late Model race cars will...more

EASTABOGA, Ala. — Crate Racin’ USA officials are excited to announce the 2023 Awards Banquet will make a move to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., with the ceremony scheduled to take place at the Music Road Resort and Convention Center on Sat., Jan. 13, 2024. Officials made the move to the tourist destination town after hosting the ceremony the last few years at the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Ala. “We appreciate the staff and management at the IMHOF for their help in hosting our...more

EASTABOGA, Ala — Crate Racin’ USA officials have released a nine-date schedule for the ninth edition of the organization’s highly-successful Winter Shootout Series, which will begin a couple days before the new year with the traditional $3,000-to-win Hangover scheduled to happen Dec. 29-30, 2023, at high-banked 411 Motor Speedway. The event will count points towards the ’24 Winter Shootout Series championship. The series-opening race is slated at the first of five different tracks in three...more

COLUMBUS, Miss. (Nov. 4) — Three races remain on the Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series scheduled including a $10,000-to-win event scheduled Nov. 2-4, 2023, at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Miss., and all eyes at this point of a season are usually trained on a battle for the series championship. With four victories, a dozen top-five finishes and 14 top-five showings in 18 starts, Middleburg, Fla., driver Mark Whitener has made late-season gazing...more

CONCORD, N.C. (Oct. 26) — Gaffney, S.C., driver Dillon Brown opened the eighth edition of the annual World Short Track Championship at The Dirt Track at Charlotte with a flag-to-flag victory over a 20-car field in the Fox Factory Pro Late Model All-Star Invitational Thursday night at the 4/10-mile oval. The race weekend for the popular 604 Chevrolet Performance Late Model division is a collaboration between DIRTcar Racing and Crate Racin’ USA, and is a non-points weekend for the latter...more

CONCORD, NC — Variety. Few words better describe the World Short Track Championship, the mega, 10-division event on tap Oct. 26-28 at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. More than 200 drivers are expected to converge in Concord, N.C., at the 4/10-mile oval just 17 miles from the heart of North Carolina’s Queen City. The eighth annual showcase pits the nation’s best weekly racers against each other in a chase for more than $120,000 in purse money. With Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin' USA...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 21) — There are no guarantees that Cory Hedgecock would have won his first two Powell Family Memorial starts at All-Tech Raceway had he not had a couple of untimely miscues. The only thing that’s certain is that he did indeed fall short in both 2020 and 2022. No worries. The Loudon, Tenn., driver took care of business during this year’s 28th annual version of the race at the Wendell and Patty Durrance-promoted facility. Leading 60 of 67 laps, Hedgecock cruised—most of...more

ELLISVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 20) — Unheralded Tyler Clem and back-to-back Newsome/Raceway Parts Network Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series Winter Shootout Series champion Cory Hedgecock will lead the field to the green flag to start Saturday’s Powell Family Memorial at All-Tech Raceway. Clem, of Pinellas Park, Fla. — Friday’s overall fast qualifier and winner of the first heat at the sprawling half-mile just south of Lake City — will start from the pole in Saturday’s 67-lap, $28,000-to-win main...more

Waynesville, GA - Golden Isles Speedway and Crate Racin' USA officials are once again faced with unfavorable weather conditions heading into a big weekend of racing, and have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2023 Showdown on the Coast for the Crate Racin' USA Dirt Late Model Series. "With heavy rains overnight, and more forecasted the next couple of days, we have to consider the travel for teams and financial responsibility the track takes on with a large scale event", stated Crate...more

Tazewell, TN – Crate Racin’ USA and Tazewell Speedway officials have made the decision to cancel this weekend’s Marvin Ford Memorial $10,000 to win event due to cold temperatures and sustained winds following showers and a cold front moving through the area. With temps forecasted to dip into the 30s, speedway and series officials are concerned with the conditions that will face race fans and teams. While the event is not going to be made up during the 2023 season, details on a makeup event in...more